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Total War against Gaza: Israeli Genocide and its Willing Accomplices

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Outside of Israel and its organized supporters in the major Zionist organizations, world public opinion and most experts in international law see the Jewish State’s invasion of Gaza and its systematic attack on civilians and basic infrastructure as a crime against humanity. The purpose of this essay is 4-fold: 1. To identify the nature of the crime – the genocidal …

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Syria: government forces retake strategic town outside Damascus

The wreckage of a burnt car is seen as people inspect a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped at Qadi Askar district of Aleppo

On Thursday, Syrian government forces retook the town of Mleiha on the outskirts of Damascus after months of battle against rebel forces. Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights backed up the report. “The army, with the cooperation of the National Defense Forces (militia), has accomplished its mission of restoring stability and security to Mleiha”, the army command in its statement. …

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Pakistan: anti-government marches begin in Lahore

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Thousands of demonstrators marched towards Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad from the city of Lahore on Thursday to try and unseat the government, alleging that it was elected by fraud. Proponents of Imran Khan, former cricketer and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and preacher Tahir-ul-Qadri amassed separately in Lahore and began their 300-kilometer march to the capital. Both Qadri and …

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Egypt: Five die in clashes on crackdown anniversary protests

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On Thursday, five people were killed as Egyptian police tried to repress attempts made by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to memorialize the first anniversary of the crackdown in Cairo. On August 14th, 2013, current President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, then the Egyptian army chief, had removed Morsi, the first freely elected President in Egypt. After Morsi’s removal, security forces …

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Obama says US broke siege on Mount Sinjar in Iraq

President Obama Delivers Statement On Situation In Iraq

US President Barack Obama on Thursday said that US air strikes had ended the siege in the Sinjar Mountains in Iraq where civilians had sought refuge, and that soldiers conducting reconnaissance will be withdrawn. However, he added that US air strikes will continue against extremist forces belonging to the Islamic State (IS) if they threaten US facilities and personnel in …

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Gaza: Ceasefire extended for additional five days

Israeli soldiers wait to unload an armored personnel carrier at a new deployment position near the Gaza border on August 13, 2014

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators have reportedly agreed to extend their truce deal in the Gaza Strip by five days, only minutes before their three-day ceasefire was about to expire at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday. Officials from both parties have been in indirect talks in Cairo, with Egyptian mediators trying to find a peace solution to the conflict. Palestinian and Egyptian …

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Syria: militants seize villages in the north, 52 dead and several others captured

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On Wednesday, militants from the extremist group Islamic State (IS) captured several villages in northern Syria, killing 52 people in the process, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The extremists captured eight villages between Aleppo and the Turkish border, bolstered by their success in Iraq, the observatory said. They killed 40 fighters from other rebel groups and capture 50 …

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Canadian Arabs: An Adaptive Immigrant Community

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By Ghina Dajani, CAI Research Fellow The third in a four-part series analyzing the 2011 census data by Statistics Canada; this report shows the distribution of Canadian Arabs by citizenship, immigrant and generational status, as well as the languages spoken by Canadian Arabs.[1] Citizenship and Immigration in the Canadian Arab Community As previously demonstrated inreports outlining immigration rates of Arabs …

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Iraq: Kerry urges inclusive government formation, Maliki asks security forces to not get involved

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On Tuesday, US Secretary of State urged Iraq’s newly appointed prime minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi to quickly form an all-inclusive government. “We are urging him to form a new cabinet as swiftly as possible and the U.S. stands ready to support a new and inclusive Iraqi government and particularly its fight against ISIL. Let me be very clear, we have always …

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Muslim group condemns Israeli “war crimes” in Gaza; Alamuddin rejects role in Gaza probe over “work commitments”

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On Tuesday, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the Israeli “war crimes” in Gaza and urged donors to meet and discuss financial reconstruction of the Palestinian enclave. The OIC, after its second meeting in three days, said that it had condemned Israeli “in the liveliest terms” during the meeting and called Israel “the occupying force, for war crimes it …

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